Here you will find all about recent activity in Year 5
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Some of our Year 5 students took part in a cycling proficiency course called Bikeability this week, which now means they have learnt to safely cycle on the road. The children really demonstrated the Dorchester Values, and we received some lovely feedback from the instructors.
Year 5 students worked in collaboration to create informative posters illustrating the journey of the River Thames, from its source to the mouth this week! The outcomes were so high quality. Please see one example above.
The children really enjoyed their writing lessons this week. They enjoyed building sentences using metaphors, similes, alliteration and personification, firstly with their learning partner and then writing a descriptive paragraph independently using their bank of wonderful ideas. Great creative writing Year 5! This image was generated by AI after it analysed a piece of writing, written by a child in Sapphire class.
Please make sure you have been following the Year 5 residential updates on social media! The children had the best time, and we were so lucky with the beautiful weather. We can't wait to all get together next week and share information about their experiences, whether on residential with The Bushcraft Company in Kent or at school doing school-based activities as well as bowling and swimming.
The Year 5 children are really enjoying their new topic 'Rivers' and enjoyed having the freedom to research any river of their choice using websites and reference books this week. The children are excited about their upcoming stay at Penshurst Place next week. The children remaining at school have fun activities planned too....please read Peek of the Week to find out more about these two events.
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The children really enjoyed writing descriptively this week, focusing on the use of senses and figurative language. They enjoyed seeing their writing entered into an AI image generator in order to see their writing come alive.